Reborn as King again

Regarding the matter of Yuan Qingmei going to be the godmother of Sun Zijun's child in the future, Sun Zijun came to me to ask for an order, just to heal Yuan Qingmei's pain of losing her son.

Everyone in the palace knew about their friendship, so I agreed immediately, Yuan Qingmei is a poor person, she likes children but can't ask for them.

This year's spring came very early, but at the beginning of February, when the weather warmed up, the peach blossoms in the imperial garden began to bloom. It was a pleasure to take a walk among the peach blossoms.

My sixteenth princess, Zhen'er, is over five years old. She seems a little lonely in the palace. Duanmuchen has a hurdle in her heart, so she is not close to Zhen'er until now, but Zhen'er is a cheerful and optimistic person. He won't make trouble with Duanmuchen, he just plays by himself.

Now that Bi'er is dying, Yun'er pesters her to see Su Zhuo, the other princes are either too busy with their studies, or have already become consuls, so Zhen'er is alone every time, only the little palace maid plays with her.

But I love Zhen'er very much. If she makes any request and comes to pester me, I will agree. I just want her to be the happiest daughter and the most honorable princess in the world.

Today, Zhen'er was playing in the imperial garden with a group of young maids, and I bumped into him. Zhen'er hurriedly came to pay her respects, and said with a smile: "Zhen'er has seen Father."

Although Zhen'er is from a daughter's family, her appearance is up to me. It is said that a girl who looks like her father is lucky, so she must be a lucky girl.

I don't care about Bi'er, anyway, Yun'er's husband-in-law is not good enough for me, if He Wenliu is not on Yun'er's side, and I can't find anything wrong with Su Zhuo, I will definitely not want to marry my daughter of.So I have to keep my eyes open for Zhen'er, and find her a family with a noble family background, so as not to be seduced by a little lover with a low background.

"Where are you going, Father?" Zhen'er stared at me with big watery eyes.

"To see your Seventeenth Brother, does Zhen'er want to go together?" I smiled and touched her forehead.

"Okay~" Zhen'er said bouncingly.Recently, she can only play with the little maids, which is very boring. In fact, she really wants to see her little brother, but it is said that the Concubine Wen doesn't like being disturbed. This time someone takes her there, and she is too happy.

When I brought Zhen'er into the Qingluan Hall, He Wenliu was preparing to have a meal, I joked: "I brought Zhen'er to Concubine Wen for a meal today."

He Wenliu smiled and asked the inner eunuchs to prepare two more sets of bowls and chopsticks, then he turned to us and said, "Zhen'er is lucky today, and I just added a few more dishes here. You and Yun'er have similar tastes, so you should be both." It's what you like to eat."

Hearing what He Wenliu said, I looked around and asked, "Where's Yun'er? Doesn't she eat with you?"

He Wenliu couldn't help curling her lips when she heard this, and said, "She, my daughter's family is shameless, so don't mention it."

I was stunned for a moment, and I figured it out. Yun'er went to Zangshu Pavilion to play with Su Zhuo every three days. Anyway, the marriage contract was settled, so I didn't shy away from it at all. There was a speech officer who gave me an impeachment report before. , I don't think it's a big deal, so I don't care about it.

"Miss Concubine Wen, where's the little brother?" Zhen'er came here just to play with her brother.

"Jue'er is still sleeping, and she will wake up when Zhen'er finishes her meal," He Wenliu said while picking a piece of pumpkin stew into Zhen'er's bowl.

Only then did Zhen'er turn her attention to the dining table, she looked at the rich food on the table, and said with a smile on her face, "It's all what Zhen'er likes to eat."

Zhen'er is still too young, not yet at the age when her daughter likes to dress up and tidy up. Usually, the greatest pleasure is either playing or eating, just like a little greedy cat.

"Whatever Zhen'er wants to eat, don't be polite to me. You can come here often in the future, and Jue'er will be very happy." He Wenliu smiled.

I raised my eyebrows and glanced at He Wenliu, and couldn't help but wonder, is he so hospitable? He Wenliu ignored my gaze, but continued to add vegetables to Zhen'er's bowl, "From now on, Jue'er will have a playmate."

"Concubine Wen, you are so kind~" Zhen'er is a person who can't keep her words in her heart, she said it all at once, "I really want to play with you, Concubine Wen, but they all said no, they said they came to you To play is to disturb your Qingxiu, Father will be angry~"

"Who told you that?" He Wenliu asked curiously.

"It was Mei Shuyuan who told me." Zhen'er smiled innocently, "She said, Concubine Wen, you like to be quiet, so it's better not to disturb you at ordinary times. She also said that the newcomers who entered the palace before, I was kicked out of the palace because I disturbed your peace~" Zhen'er said, and asked cautiously: "If I often play with you, don't you kick me out~"

"No, the palace is Zhen'er's home, why would you be driven out of the house." He Wenliu smiled helplessly, "You are very welcome here in this palace."

"That's great~" Zhen'er pouted, and said: "In the past, Zhen'er always went to play with Mistress Shuyuan, but she doesn't play with me very much recently, she always goes to Mistress Zixiuyuan, saying to take care of her."

Even if he doesn't care about the affairs in the palace, He Wenliu also knows that Yuan Qingmei and Sun Zijun have a good relationship, he said with a smile: "Mei Shuyuan and Zi Xiuyuan are like sisters, they support each other, now that Zi Xiuyuan is pregnant, Mei Shuyuan is going to Visiting is also normal.”

"But... but the frequency of going is so frequent, almost once every two or three days," Zhen'er thought of this, and she got a little tastey, "and almost every day I will send a lot of delicious things to Empress Zixiuyuan , many of which I have never eaten~”

I can hear the smell. After a long time, Zhen'er is envious of Yuan Qingmei's daily supplements for Sun Zijun, she really is a little greedy cat.Before I could open my mouth, He Wenliu said cheerfully: "Zi Xiuyuan is pregnant with a child, so she naturally wants to eat something good, and make up for it. If you want to eat something delicious in the future, just come to this palace."

"Well, good~" Zhen'er said happily.

Looking at the way Zhen Er and He Wenliu talked, I seemed to return to more than ten years ago in a trance. At that time, I was just reborn, Dan Er was still alive, and there were not so many uneasy factors between me and He Wenliu. At that time, We had a simple meal in Qingluan Hall, just like now.

It can be seen that He Wenliu has a heart for Zhen'er. I don't know if it's because Zhen'er looks like me, or because Zhen'er's sensible temperament is like the deceased Dan'er.

"Eat more food," I said, deliberately picked up a chopstick of green peppers that Zhen'er hates the most.

Immediately, Zhen'er's small face turned into bun folds, "Father, I don't want to eat this~"

"You can't be picky eaters."

After eating, He Wenliu took Zhen'er's hand and went to Li Jue's side together.

In the dormitory, Li Jue just woke up, and stared at this strange young lady with open eyes. Li Jue was raised in vain and plump, and she was carved with pink jade. It was festive when she saw it. Zhen'er happily pulled Li Jue Jue's little hand, and said with a smile: "Jue'er, I am your sister~" She is finally not the youngest.

Li Jue is more than one year old, just learning to talk and walk, Zhener is not too old, Li Jue is not afraid of crying, he really likes this young lady, holding Zhener's little finger ahhh call out.

Zhen'er held a small wave drum, coaxed Li Jue to play there, and taught him to call her sister.

He Wenliu and I sat on the couch not far away, watching the two children play there, and the inner eunuchs served us two cups of tea.

I picked up the teacup, skimmed the tea leaves on it, took a sip, and suddenly remembered something, and said to He Wenliu: "Concubine Wen, I have chosen a few days for Yun'er's wedding, let's see which one suits you. .”

The princess mansion was almost completed, so I asked the national teacher to choose a good date. The national teacher took Yun'er and Su Zhuo's birthday horoscope, calculated it, and wrote three days for me.

Wanfu behind him took out a booklet and put both hands in He Wenliu's hands. He Wenliu opened the booklet and took a look, shook his head, and said with a smile: "It's better not to ask Weichen these days, wait for Yun'er, wait for Yun'er to come back , let her choose one?"

That girl Yun'er has been dazzled by Su Zhuo, I said: "Let Yun'er choose, then she must choose the most advanced day."

He Wenliu thought about it, and thought it was the same, so he smiled and said: "Then May [-]th, as you said, Yun'er will definitely pick a higher date, if Wei Chen chooses another date, maybe she and Wei Chen will do it together." trouble."

Since He Wenliu said so, I didn't object, and the wedding date was announced early the next day.

Sun Zijun is pregnant with a child, and I will also visit her. As Zhener said, Yuan Qingmei really takes care of Sun Zijun in every possible way. Anyway, every time I go to Zilan Pavilion, I can meet Yuan Qingmei. Yuan Qingmei is afraid of Sun Zijun If you are bored, just chat with her and make up for her in different ways.

Sun Zijun gained a lot of weight, and her belly was much bigger than that of pregnant women at the same time. He Wenliu had the same experience before. She could eat and had a big belly. Later, she gave birth to twins. I am afraid that Sun Zijun's belly is probably the same.

Less than half a month before Sun Zijun's due date, she accidentally slipped in the yard, fell down, became gassy, ​​and her amniotic fluid broke, so she immediately called the imperial doctor and midwife.

When I arrived at Zilan Pavilion, the imperial doctors had already knelt at the door and waited for me. They told me with trepidation that Sun Zijun had dystocia, the child was too big, it was difficult to give birth, the big and small could only keep one, Because of the urgency of the time, they made the decision without authorization and saved the child, who gave birth to a prince, and Sun Zijun had just passed away due to excessive blood loss.

Yuan Qingmei, who was guarding the dormitory, heard such bad news and fainted immediately. The two little maids beside her hurriedly helped her up and carried her to the shade of a tree. The imperial doctor went to pinch her Renzhong acupoint, which made her Gradually waking up, Yuan Qingmei's eyes turned red immediately after waking up, she wiped the corners of her eyes with a brocade handkerchief, and began to cry.

Later, I named Sun Zijun as Concubine Zi to show her spirit in heaven.

Above Sun Zijun's mourning hall, most of the concubines came to have a look, offering incense sticks and burning paper money. People like He Wenliu, who didn't care, didn't even show up.

Due to the busyness of trivial matters during the day, when I went to Sun Zijun's mourning hall, it was already evening, and all the concubines had already left. When I stepped into the mourning hall, I didn't expect that there was a person kneeling there, burning for Sun Zijun non-stop. paper money.

I glanced at the little eunuch who was guarding the door, and the little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and said to me, "Go back to the emperor, that's Mistress Mei Shuyuan. Mistress Zifei had a good relationship with her before she was alive. Mistress Shuyuan has been kneeling here for three days." Yeah, I passed out this morning."

It's a rare kind of sisterly love. I walked to Yuan Qingmei, she seemed to find someone coming, she raised her head and saw that it was me, and hurriedly got up thinking of saying hello, maybe because she had been kneeling for a long time, she felt dizzy when she got up , I almost fell over, I waved my hand and said: "Don't kneel, I will spare your greetings."

"My concubine... Thank you, Your Majesty, my concubine." Yuan Qingmei said hoarsely.She was hoarse from crying because of Sun Zijun.

Yuan Qingmei's complexion was pale, her hair was messy, her lips were colorless, and her eyes were swollen like walnuts. It seemed that Sun Zijun's death had hit her too hard. I comforted her: "Mei Shuyuan, don't be too sad. Otherwise, Concubine Zi will not be able to walk safely."

"Chenqie... Chenqie..." Yuan Qingmei pursed her lips, two lines of tears fell straight down, "Chenqie has been sworn sisters with Zijun since she entered the palace three years ago. She lived in the country and served the emperor together, but she... how could she just go like this? How could she leave her concubine alone... woo woo woo woo..."

"Mei Shuyuan..." Yuan Qingmei cried so sadly that I couldn't bear to see it. After thinking for a while, I said, "Your health is also not good. You can't fall down. If you leave too, ten thousand How should the Eighth Prince deal with himself?"

"Eighteen princes?" Yuan Qingmei froze for a moment, she looked at me suspiciously.

"Did you forget? Concubine Zi asked me for an order before she died, so that the Eighteenth Prince would recognize you as a godmother. Now that Concubine Zi is gone, the heavy responsibility of taking care of the Eighteenth Prince falls on you."

Asking Yuan Qingmei to take care of the little prince is not because I deliberately please her, but because I have thought about it in the past few days and got the result.

Yuan Qingmei is gentle and virtuous, she likes children, and she always thinks of Sun Zijun, anyway, she will not be able to conceive, so it will be beneficial for both parties to entrust the little prince to her upbringing.

The day before Sun Zijun's burial, I bestowed on the Eighteenth Prince the word "Jun", which sounds like "Jun", so it can be regarded as a memory of his biological mother.

Yun'er's wedding date is set on May [-]th, and He Wenliu almost did the wedding himself. After all, his daughter is about to get married, and this is the last thing he can do for Yun'er.

Today, He Wenliu came to the imperial study to find me, and when he was talking about the wedding, he inadvertently saw a letter on my desk, which basically stated that I planned to adopt the eighteenth prince Li Jun to Yuan Qingmei.

He Wenliu never hides anything in my imperial study. He picked up the draft decree and scanned it carefully, then raised his head and asked me: "You plan to adopt the eighteenth prince to Mei Shuyuan?!"

I nodded, "Is there a problem?"

"It's...it's nothing." He Wenliu tilted his head, thought for a moment, and said, "I just feel that something is wrong. I remember that three years ago, you still wanted to adopt Princess Zhen'er to her."

When He Wenliu mentioned it, I also remembered that there was such a thing. Back then, Duanmuchen didn't care about Zhen'er, which caused Zhen'er to get chickenpox. If He Wenliu didn't stop her, I would really do this.

He Wenliu didn't care about other people's affairs at all, "Perhaps it's because I'm a humble official. Mei Shuyuan and Concubine Zi are handkerchief friends, and she will definitely take good care of the eighteen princes."

I also think that He Wenliu is being overwhelmed, and there is nothing wrong with adopting Li Jun to Yuan Qingmei.

The affairs of the harem have always been taken care of by Jia Wanru. Except that she is not the queen, she is almost in the position of the mother of the country. I told her about Li Jun's adoption, and sent someone to give her the prepared plan. Let her see what should be changed.

After Jia Wanru saw the draft decree, she sent someone to invite me there that afternoon.

When they came to Baoge Palace, after Jia Wanru invited An, she said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, this concubine thinks that Mei Shuyuan is not simple, so it's better not to adopt the Eighteenth Prince to her."

"Why did Concubine Wan say that?" Jia Wanru would never chew other people's tongues in front of me.

Jia Wanru paused for a moment, then suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Perhaps your majesty, you will feel that the concubine is sowing discord and creating something out of nothing, but the concubine is for you, for the eighteen princes!"

"Concubine Wan, get up first." I pulled Jia Wanru up and asked her to stand up and sit beside me. I comforted her and said, "No matter what you say, I will listen carefully and will not make judgments. I believe in your character." .”

"The concubine believes that Mei Shuyuan caused Zifei's dystocia at all." Jia Wanru said.

"Do you have any evidence?" They have such a good relationship, how could Yuan Qingmei harm someone?

"No concubine," Jia Wanru said softly, "Everything is just concubine's guess."

If it was someone else, it would have been a fire a long time ago, and there is no evidence to pour dirty water on others.But I thought about it carefully. He Wenliu also questioned Yuan Qingmei before, but I didn't take it seriously when he said it casually, but now Jia Wanru said the same thing, so there is a problem.

Jia Wanru and He Wenliu would definitely not be in an alliance in the harem, how could they coincidentally point the finger at Yuan Qingmei? !

"Tell me about your guess." I said.

Jia Wanru gave me a timid look, seeing that I was not angry, so she dared to talk to me slowly.

Since Jia Wanru was in charge of the affairs of the harem, after Sun Zijun's death, her living allowance fell into Jia Wanru's hands. Originally, Jia Wanru's living allowance would have been placed directly in the House of Internal Affairs, but Jia Wanru occasionally flipped through it. If you turn it over, you will find the problem.

Jia Wanru ordered someone to bring Sun Zijun's daily life note, and it turned to the end of last year, when Yuan Qingmei had just recuperated from a miscarriage.

Jia Wanru flipped through the pages one by one, pointing to me one by one, "Your Majesty, look, Mei Shuyuan is a bit too kind to Concubine Zi, she sends her tonics every day."

I still didn't see anything, so I couldn't help but ask, "Is there something wrong with this supplement?" Everything I eat is carefully checked, so it's impossible to poison it.

"The tonic itself is fine," Jia Wanru looked at me inscrutablely, and said, "but this tonic is delivered too frequently."

Seeing that I still didn't understand, Jia Wanru explained to me: "Your Majesty, you may not know that for a pregnant person, it's not that the more mend the better, the better it is. Do you remember the concubine Zi's dystocia? What's the reason? It's because the fetus is too big to give birth. It's because Concubine Zi ate too many supplements and made the fetus too big."

"It's also possible that the concubine judged a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart and wronged a good person. Mei Shuyuan Xu was really good to Concubine Zi, so she gave her supplements every day, and those supplements themselves were good for the fetus. Things, but... But what if, what if Mei Shuyuan has bad intentions? Wouldn’t that harm the Eighteenth Prince?! Also, Concubine Zi accidentally slipped in the yard, this is Mei Shuyuan The explanation given, because at that time there were only her and Concubine Zi, and now that Concubine Zi has passed away, her words have yet to be verified."

I flipped through the daily life note on my own, and recalled every bit of Yuan Qingmei's revelation in front of me. There is nothing to say about her relationship with Sun Zijun. There is really no loophole, but Jia Wanru and He Wenliu both When she was questioned, their arguments were untenable. To be honest, even if there was no evidence, I personally favored them both.

I thought for a while, and said: "It might be unfair to Mei Shuyuan, let's just let this letter go."

"Your Majesty..." Jia Wanru looked worried.

"Concubine Wan, don't blame yourself, you're just discussing the facts." I patted the back of Jia Wanru's hand and said, "Maybe you wronged Mei Shuyuan. We only know about it, so don't spread it to the outside world."

"The concubine knows." Jia Wanru nodded.